Down Upbeat Explained

Down Upbeat
Type:	Album
Artist:	Casiopea
Cover:	CasiopeaDownUpbeatalbumcover.jpg
Released:	October 25, 1984
Recorded:	from July 24 to August 4, 1984
Studio:	secret sound studio, New York City
Genre:	Jazz fusion
Length:	38:30
Label:	Alfa Records ALR-28063
Producer:	Shunsuke Miyazumi, Issei Noro
Prev Title:	The Soundgraphy
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Halle
Next Year:	1985

Down Upbeat is the twelfth album and the ninth studio album by Casiopea, recorded and released in 1984.

Personnel

CASIOPEA are

Issei Noro - Electric guitar (Yamaha SG-2000 Fretless)

Minoru Mukaiya - Keyboards (Yamaha DX-1, DX-7, Roland VP-330)

Tetsuo Sakurai - Electric Bass (Yamaha BB-3000 5-strings, BB-2000)

Akira Jimbo - Drums (YAMAHA YD-9000RG, Simmons SDS-5, Zildjian Cymbals, Amdeck PCK-100)

• Digital drum percussion programming by Issei Noro and Minoru Mukaiya

Production

• Producer - Shunsuke Miyazumi, Issei Noro
• Engineer - Rik Pekkonen
• Assistant Engineer - Warren Bruleigh
• Mastering - Bernie Grundman
• Digital Technicians - John Butherford, David Satz
• Project Co-ordinators - Jay Durgain, Edward Leaman
• Designer - Kaoru Watanabe, Hiroyasu Yoshioka, Katsunori Hironaka
• Photographer - Yukio Ichikawa
• Remastering engineer - Kouji Suzuki (2016)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Note
Japan	October 25, 1984	Alfa Records	30cmLP	ALR-28063
			12cmCD	38XA-25
Europe	1984	Sonet Records		SNTCD 926
Netherlands	1984		30cmLP	SNTF 926
UK	1984			SNTF 926
United States	1984	Milestone Records	30cmLP	M-9133	titled 'Zoom'
Japan	January 25, 1987	Alfa Records	12cmCD	32XA-119
	March 21, 1992			ALCA-282
	August 31, 1994			ALCA-9012
	August 29, 1998			ALCA-9207
	January 23, 2002	Village Records	remastered 12cmCD	VRCL-2212	DSD, LP paper jacket
	February 14, 2002			VRCL-2232	DSD
	May 27, 2009	Sony Music Direct		MHCL-20014	DSD, Blu-spec CD, LP paper jacket
	February 3, 2016		Music download	1076263140	iTunes Store^[1]
				4582290414058	mora AAC-LC 320 kbps^[2]
				A1003862509	Recochoku AAC 320 kbps^[3]
				B01B5AUSBY	Amazon.com^[4]
				Bdumwosz3ekg2h3hngvd3sw2imy	Google Play Music^[5]
	July 27, 2016			4582290418636	mora DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit^[6]
				smj4582290418636	e-onkyo DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit^[7]
				11192	HD-music DSD 2.8 MHz/1bit^[8]
				4582290418629	mora FLAC 96.0 kHz/24bit^[9]
				A2000673648	Recochoku FLAC 96 kHz 24bit^[10]
				smj4582290418629	e-onkyo FLAC 96 kHz 24bit^[11]
				11200	HD-music FLAC 96 kHz/24bit^[12]
				1f353675da1293911390	AWA 320kbps^[13]
	November 10, 2016			7eD42sbisKITCvix2hcKFS	Spotify^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA. Apple Inc.. 2016-02-03.
2. Web site: DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA. LevelGate Co., Ltd... 2016-02-03.
3. Web site: DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA. RecoChoku Co., Ltd.. 2016-02-03.
4. Web site: DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA. Amazon.com, Inc... 2016-02-03.
5. Web site: DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA. Google Inc.. 2017-02-16.
6. Web site: DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA. LabelGate Co., Ltd.. 2016-07-31.
7. Web site: DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA. Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. 2016-07-31.
8. Web site: DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA. JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. 2016-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820153641/http://hd-music.info/album.cgi/11192. 2016-08-20. dead.
9. Web site: DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA. LabelGate Co., Ltd.. 2016-07-31.
10. Web site: DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA. RecoChoku Co., Ltd.. 2017-02-15.
11. Web site: DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA. Onkyo & Pioneer Innovations Corporation. 2016-07-31.
12. Web site: DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA. JVCKENWOOD Victor Entertainment Corporation. 2016-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20160820040850/http://hd-music.info/album.cgi/11200. 2016-08-20. dead.
13. Web site: DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA. AWA Co. Ltd.. 2017-02-15.
14. Web site: DOWN UPBEAT CASIOPEA. Spotify AB. 2017-02-15.